Police accountability

The Trump administration is suing to block a new California that would ban federal law enforcement officers from wearings masks on duty. It was shaped by concerns over masked immigration agents in Los Angeles.

Four of the state’s top lawyers are “highly concerned” about immigration officers stopping a group of teenagers at gunpoint in October and, last week, arresting a high school student on his lunch break.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is among the Democratic lawmakers pushing legislation to prohibit law enforcement officers from hiding their identities.

An Oregon District Court civil lawsuit involving a Jackson County Deputy and former inmate, who is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, will be sent to a jury.

Oregon lawmakers hear preview to the state’s first use-of-force report.

A 2021 state law took investigations into California police shootings out of the hands of local cops. Now, some families say the new system is agonizing in its own way.

An Oregon lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require officers to complete at least two years of education beyond high school.

Oregon law enforcement shot at at least 40 people in 2022. Twenty-three were killed

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minnesota at police hands, California stepped up with a plan: Put the state in charge of investigating police shootings of unarmed people. CalMatters is tracking these cases and, so far, the Justice Department is struggling to keep up.

A proposed set of conduct and discipline standards applicable to all law enforcement agencies in Oregon were published Monday.

New state laws on police accountability are testing the limits of several agencies, including the Department of Justice, which say they need more resources for these new duties.